Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization

As Morgan Stanley's chief Asia specialist, getting Asia right is Stephen Roach's personal obsession, and this in-depth compilation represents more than 70 of Roach's key research efforts not just on Asia, but also on how the region fits into the broad context of increasingly globalized financial markets. The book argues that the "Asia factor" is not a static concept, but rather one that is constantly changing and evolving. Broken down into five parts–Asia's critical role in globalization; the coming rebalancing of the Chinese economy; a new pan-regional framework for integration and competition; and a frank discussion of the biggest risk to this remarkable transformation–this book will help readers understand and profit from the world's most dynamic region.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi CHAPTER 1 A WORLD IN CRISIS 1 A Subprime Outlook for the Global Economy Save the Day Coping with a Different Recession Davos Diary: 2008 Double Bubble Trouble Even When the Worst Is Over—Watch Out for Aftershocks Pitfalls in a Postbubble World Panic of 2008: Enough Scapegoating Global Fix for a Global Crisis Changing the Fed’s Policy Mandate An Early Leadership Opportunity for Barack Obama Dying of Consumption Uncomfortable Truths about Our World after the Bubble A Postbubble Global Business Cycle America’s Japan Syndrome Whither Capitalism? After the Era of Excess Same Old, Same Old Depression Foil CHAPTER 2 THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE 89 Open Macro The Battleground of Globalization The Global Delta Beggars Can’t Be Choosers Perils of a Different Globalization Bad Advice and a New Global Architecture Doha Doesn’t Matter Global Speed Trap Hitting a BRIC Wall? Global Comeback—First Japan, Now Germany Labor versus Capital Global Lessons From Globalization to Localization Unprepared for Globalization The Currency Foil The Shifting Mix of Global Saving CHAPTER 3 CHINESE REBALANCING 169 China’s Rebalancing Challenge A Commodity-Lite China Scale and the Chinese Policy Challenge China’s Great Contradiction Soft Landing Made in China? The Great Chinese Profi ts Debate China Goes for Quality Heavy Lifting Two Birds with One Stone Unstable, Unbalanced, Uncoordinated, and Unsustainable China’s Global Challenge Consumer-Led Growth for China China’s Macro Imperatives Manchurian Paradox CHAPTER 4 PAN-ASIAN CHALLENGES 261 The Next Asia Rebalancing Made in Japan? From Beijing to Dubai A Tale of Two Asias Kim’s Boost to Globalization Japan’s Missing Link India on the Move The Cranes of Dubai Asian Decoupling Unlikely The Korea Test Asia’s Policy Trap Complacency Asian Style The End of the Beginning Another Asian Wake-Up Call India’s Virtuous Cycle Risks of an Asian Relapse CHAPTER 5 U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS 327 A Slippery Slope Past the Point of No Return Debating U.S.-China Trade Policy Who’s Subsidizing Whom? Protectionist Threats—Then and Now The Ghost of Reed Smoot China’s Pace, America’s Angst The Politics of Trade Frictions A Wake-Up Call for the United States and China: Stress Testing a Symbiotic Relationship Afterword 395 Sources 403 About the Author 407 Index 409

About the Author :
Stephen S. Roach has been a thought leader on Wall Street for over thirty years. Currently the Hong Kong based Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, for the bulk of his career he served as the firm's chief economist, heading up a highly regarded team of economists around the world. His recent research on globalization, the emergence of China and India, and the capital market implications of global imbalances has appeared widely in the international media and in testimony before the U.S. Congress. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1982, he worked in senior capacities at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington D.C. He holds a PhD in economics from New York University and was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is a jet-lagged resident of multiple time zones, splitting his time between eight Asian countries and his family home in Connecticut.

Review :
"As Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and a renowned economist, Stephen Roach has a solid macroeconomics background, in-depth understanding of the region, rich knowledge of various industries, and an open mind. In this book, Steve vividly describes the changes of Asia -- and the driving forces behind those changes。Furthermore, he brilliantly points out the challenges Asia is facing, as well as its impacts on the global economy. Asia is reshaping the global economy in this post-crisis world, and I believe this book provides us with unique insights as to how this reshaping is playing out." —Dr. Zhu Min, Group Executive Vice President, Bank of China "Stephen Roach has for many years been a uniquely independent voice among international economic commentators. He was one of the few who warned that the debt-fuelled 'casino' economy was unsustainable. His prophetic warnings came to pass in 2008. In his latest book he issues another warning. Asia's explosive growth has been based on a 'bet' upon deep integration with the global economy. Stephen Roach argues that this growth is unsustainable in the face of the global recession. The region needs comprehensively to re-balance its economic model if it is to maintain its remarkable growth. He warns that this will not be easy. Stephen Roach's book is essential reading for those who hold the comfortable belief that Asia has 'de-coupled' from the world economy." —Prof Peter Nolan, CBE, Sinyi Professor, Judge Business School, and Chair, Development Studies, University of Cambridge, UK "... Roach besticht durch eine klare Analyse und verfügt über spannende Insiderkenntnisse..." Welt am Sonntag, 11.10.2009